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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Masaaki Hara

#MUSIC

He is a writer, music selector, producer of label rings, founder of net radio dublab.jp, and part-time lecturer at Waseda University. His books include “Jazz Thing: What is Jazz?"
https://linktr.ee/masaakihara

Kana Miyazawa

#MUSIC

After working as a brand director and in the press, she started her writing career in earnest around 2012, relocating from Tokyo to Berlin in 2014, where she is currently writing articles on European local culture for many media. She also works as a PR person for domestic and international fashion brands, music labels, and overseas festivals.
Instagram:@kanamiyazawa

Yusuke Yamatani

#MUSIC

Born 1985 in Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo-based photographer. After graduating from Rissho University with a degree in philosophy from the Faculty of Letters, he worked at Gaien Studio and later moved to Nagasaki, where he learned photography through interactions with Shomei Higashimatsu and other unknown photographers he met. Major exhibitions include “KYOTOGRAPHIE” (2015), solo exhibition “KAIKOO” (Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, 2021), “VOCA 2021” (The Ueno Royal Museum, 2021), “The 14th Yebisu Film Festival” (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2022), solo exhibition “ONSEN” (Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, 2024), an exhibition at the Condé Nast headquarters building in New York, and a European tour with the performance piece “Doors”. Major collections include “Tsugi no yoru e” (self-published, 2013), “ground” (lemon books, 2014), “RAMA LAMA DING DONG” (private edition, 2015), “Into the Light” (T&M Projects, 2017), “Doors ' (Gallery Yamaya, 2020), and 'ONSEN MMXXIV' (flotsam books, 2024).

Koji Harie

#MUSIC

Born 1985 in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Writer, emcee, band member, and alternative music historian. Presides over the record label "Haliental. He writes "Ongaku to Owari" (Music and Warai) on Ongaku Natalie. Podcasts "Movie Chat" and "Ornate Music Historical Perspectives.

Mitsutaka Nagira

#MUSIC

Born in 1979. Music critic, supervising the mook series "Jazz The New Chapter" (Shinko-Music), which compiles jazz since the 21st century. Co-author of "Listening to 100 Years of Jazz" (Shinko- Music, 2017), a collection of trilogies with Masahiro Goto and Koji Murai, and "10 Viewpoints on Pop Music" (Artes Publishing, 2020), edited by Toshiyuki Owada.

Tsuyoshi Kizu

#MUSIC #MOVIE

Writer. He writes about movies, music, and gay culture for various media. He is the author of "New Dad: Atarashii jidai no atarashii ossan" (New Dad: Atarashii jidai no atarashii ossan) (Chikuma Shobo).

yukijinbo

#MUSIC

Born in 1986. After working as an editor and reporter for a real estate industry management magazine and launching and managing the editorial department of the web media "Finders," he is currently undertaking freelance work. His genres of work include culture, politics and economics, business and finance, and IT.
X: https://x.com/fishintheair

Kenta Shibayama

#MUSIC

Photographer, born in 1994. Currently active in a variety of media, mainly portrait photography, including the web, advertising, and magazines.
HP : https://shibayamakenta.com/
Instagram :@aurisms

Ayaka Horiuchi

#MUSIC

Born in 1989. Born in Niigata Prefecture. His nickname is Moo-moo. He mainly shoots portraits of musicians and actors for CD jackets, magazines, and websites. Loves traveling and museums.

KAORI NISHIDA

#MUSIC

Photographers
All genres from portraits to travel. Loves plants.
website: www.shinybamboo.com
instagram: @shinybamboo

Mikako Kozai

#MUSIC

Photographer, born in 1994.
Started film photography under the influence of his grandfather when he was in junior high school. Currently, he is active in a variety of media including magazines, web, and and artist photography.

Kuroda Takanori

#MUSIC

After graduating from college, he made his major debut in a rock band in the late 1990s. He then became a freelance writer/editor/photographer. He became a freelance writer/editor/photographer. He is the world's only My Bloody Valentine He was the world's only My Bloody Valentine-approved photographer, and was Japan's exclusive interviewer for Paul McCartney in 2018 and Ringo Starr in 2019. In 2018, he interviewed Paul McCartney, and in 2019, Ringo Starr for Japan's exclusive interview. He is the author of "Shoegazer Disc Guide" (co-supervisor) and "My Bloody Valentine" (co-supervisor). My Bloody Valentine is Everything" and "When Melody Inspires".

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